A
Concise Introduction to the BUAA Library
The
BUAA Library has been open for use since 1952. The total area of the
Library is currently 1,8000 square meters. The main body is a six-story
building, in bright white color. One annex is besides the main building.
The Library is basically open 80.2 hours a week.
The University
Library houses the collections of books, the subscribed journals
and other special documents (such as technical reports). It now
has approximately 1,200,000 volumes of books, 1,235 periodical titles
and hundreds of newspapers, and more than 60,000 items of non-paper
materials, including CD-ROM's, micro-films, microfiches, videotapes,
audio tapes, audio CD's, Laser Disks, CD-titles, etc.
In addition
to the paper-dominated resources, we also provide about 80 online
databases, such as Ei Village, OCLC FirstSearch, CSA, Aerospace,
PQDD, IEEE, Elsevier, etc. All of them are mounted on the campus
network, so that the users are capable of using them in their offices,
dormitories, laboratories, and faculty housings, etc., 24 hours
a day. We also actively participate in inter-library cooperation
on a worldwide scale, so that information resource sharing can be
realized. We have Inter-Library Loan with National Library of China,
Beijing Documents Service, The Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
National Science and Technology Library, and Tsinghua University
Library, etc, in such an extent that all the faculty members and
students in BUAA Library can obtain documents from the above libraries.
An integrated
automation information system and other electronic facilities aid
the Library¡¯s services. Most of our information systems are connected
to the campus network, CERNET, and Internet as well. The Library
has also built a World Wide Web server to facilitate the users in
the campus and around the world.
In the Library,
we have more than 2000 reading seats, including carrels, spreading
throughout the building, and 13 reading-rooms, 2 study rooms, and
one classroom. The Library is operated in open-shelf system. Library
services include Borrowing, Library Card Application, Copying, Library
Instruction and Training, Information Courses, Document Supply Service
(Inter-Library Loan), Recommending Materials, Information and Reference
Services.
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